An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup device including a wiring connecting a first electrode on a light receiving surface and a second electrode on a rear surface, a first wiring board including a distal end surface, from which a flying lead protrudes, arranged to oppose the rear surface of the image pickup device, a second wiring board including a second main surface to which an upper surface of the first wiring board is made to adhere and including a distal end surface arranged to oppose the rear surface, in which the flying lead is bent and bonded to the second electrode, and a sealing member sealing a bonding section between the second electrode and the flying lead and an adhesion member that makes the distal end surface of the second wiring board and the rear surface adhere to each other are composed of integral curable resin.
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1. An image pickup apparatus comprising: an image pickup device including an image sensor disposed on a distal surface and a proximal surface opposing the distal surface, the image pickup device including a wiring that electrically connects a first electrode on the distal surface to a second electrode on the proximal surface; a flexible member including an upper surface, a lower surface opposing the upper surface, and a first distal end surface disposed between and adjacent to the upper surface and the lower surface, the first distal end surface being arranged to oppose the proximal surface of the image pickup device; a non-flexible member including a first main surface, a second main surface opposing the first main surface, and a second distal end surface disposed between and adjacent to the first main surface and the second main surface, the upper surface of the flexible member being adhered to the second main surface of the non-flexible member, and the second distal end surface being arranged to oppose the proximal surface of the image pickup device, a flying lead protruding from the first distal end surface of the flexible member, the flying lead being bent such that a distal end portion of the flying lead is bonded to the second electrode on the proximal surface of the image pickup device, and an integral curable resin disposed: between the second electrode on the proximal surface of the image pickup device and the distal end portion of the flying lead to seal a connection between the second electrode and the distal end portion, and between the second distal end surface of the non-flexible member and the proximal surface of the image pickup device to adhere the second distal end surface to the proximal surface.
2. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a contact angle of an area of the image pickup device where the curable resin is placed with the curable resin in an uncured liquid state is smaller than a contact angle of an area of the image pickup device where the curable resin is not placed with the curable resin in an uncured liquid state.
3. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the curable resin disposed between the second electrode and the distal end portion and the curable resin disposed between the second distal end surface of the non-flexible member and the proximal surface of the image pickup device are simultaneously subjected to curing treatment.
4. An endoscope comprising: an insertion section having a distal end rigid portion; and the image pickup apparatus according to claim 1 disposed in the distal end rigid portion of the insertion section.
5. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the integral curable resin is further disposed between the second electrode on the image pickup device and the first distal end surface of the flexible member.
6. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the integral curable resin disposed between the second electrode and the distal end portion, the integral curable resin disposed between the second distal end surface and the proximal surface and the integral curable resin disposed between the second electrode and the first distal end surface are simultaneously subjected to curing treatment.
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August 31, 2018
October 5, 2021
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